Transgender women will no longer be allowed to participate in women\u2019s football competitions in England and Scotland as of June 1, 2025. The decision was handed down by the UK Supreme Court, which based its ruling on the legal definition of a woman as determined by biological sex.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The court\u2019s April 16 ruling bans transgender women from competing in women\u2019s football leagues, with the new policy taking effect in England from June 1 and in Scotland starting with the 2025\u20132026 season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The decision follows a four-year legal battle between the Scottish government\u2014which supports transgender rights\u2014and the group For Women Scotland<\/em>. The Supreme Court sided with a strict interpretation of sex-based categories in women\u2019s sports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOur role is to make football accessible to as many people as possible, but we must also comply with the law,\u201d said the Football Association (FA), the governing body of football in England. The FA acknowledged that the decision may affect individuals who simply want to play in the gender with which they identify, but promised to support transgender women by explaining the new rules and available alternatives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Scottish FA also pledged to provide detailed guidance on the implementation of the policy, including participation options for transgender individuals. The ruling comes amid ongoing societal tensions. On April 19, thousands of protesters gathered in London to voice support for transgender rights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Transgender women will no longer be allowed to participate in women\u2019s football competitions in England and Scotland as of June 1, 2025. The decision was handed down by the UK Supreme Court, which based its ruling on the legal definition of a woman as determined by biological sex. The court\u2019s April 16 ruling bans transgender […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":527149,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_trash_the_other_posts":false,"editor_notices":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"pays":[114],"personnalite":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-528294","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-company-news-benews","8":"pays-world"},"acf":{"type_de_publication":"opinion","nom_de_linstitution":"","description_de_linstitution":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/benews.ci\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/528294","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/benews.ci\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/benews.ci\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/benews.ci\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/benews.ci\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=528294"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/benews.ci\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/528294\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":528302,"href":"https:\/\/benews.ci\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/528294\/revisions\/528302"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/benews.ci\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/527149"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/benews.ci\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=528294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/benews.ci\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=528294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/benews.ci\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=528294"},{"taxonomy":"pays","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/benews.ci\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pays?post=528294"},{"taxonomy":"personnalite","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/benews.ci\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/personnalite?post=528294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}A blow to advocacy groups<\/h2>\n\n\n\n